Make & accept company gifts: 2 times 6 tips for professional gifts

Use again and again Companys the opportunity to thank the employees with a gift for the work they have done over the past year. But there are certain things Regulate to be observed.

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Colleagues also like to give each other presents and thus symbolize good cooperation. Companies also send “little gifts” to yours customersto say thank you for the orders and get the business contact.

But watch out, there are not only blunders lurking here, but also the danger of bribery. What is a successful gift in the professional Contact to consider?

6 tips for professional gifts to colleagues

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For the selection A gift to a colleague requires a sure instinct, otherwise the well-intentioned gift could be misinterpreted.

1. In agreement with the colleagues, set price limits for the gifts and keep them in, so that it does not come to embarrassments of too expensive or too inexpensive presenters.
2. Think about what suits your colleague. Refer to his hobbies or preferences. An advantage is the one, who has already listened attentively in the course of the time, what interests the colleagues or what he likes gladly. A gift is to make pleasure and not to dust in the cellar.
3. Carefully wrap the gift with beautiful paper.
4. A special touch set you with a personal and handwritten greeting. Avoid general phrases.
5. An absolute taboo is gifts that discredit the recipient, are reminiscent, or those that create allusions. A No Go is, for example, a high-quality shampoo for the rather unkempt colleague.
6. If you want to give something to a certain colleague because you supported him, you can, of course, do it without thinking of all the other employees. Then you should hand over the present to your colleague in private and thank you for your work.

Gifts within the company

Presents a Employees seinen Executive, without getting a gift yourself can do that fast be understood as pandering. So caution is advised here. The situation is different when colleagues join forces and present a joint gift.

If the boss gives the employee a bonus or a gift in kind, it is not a must for the employee to return the favor. Here it depends on the one hand on the size of the company or on the size and cooperation of the department and on the other hand on how things are generally in the Company it is customary to deal with Christmas presents. However, the tax treatment of gifts must be taken into account.

Gifts for customers and customers

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Time and again, gifts from suppliers and customers arrive in various company departments. Often it is not just about a bottle of wine, but, for example, invitations to a VIP lounge for events.

Such well-intentioned “gifts” are no longer welcome in every company, but are even prohibited. Large companies in particular have imposed codes of conduct, so-called “codes of conduct” or “compliance rules”, so as not to be suspected of being corruptible.

6 Tips for gifts to and from customers

That's why the gifts often do not end up with the person in question, but in a company raffle. Above all, it is important to adhere to these rules set by the company. In general:

1. Gifts must, from a legal point of view, be socially appropriate. As a rule of thumb, you should ask yourself if you would tell a third party without hesitation about the gift without having a guilty conscience.
2. In order not to doubt the safety, it is necessary to have the gift approved by his supervisor.
3. In order to avoid these doubts, many companies have defined a value limit for gifts. All employees have to stick to it.
4. However, if you are embarrassed to receive a gift that you are not allowed to accept, thank you politely and declare that you are not allowed to accept it. In the meantime, many companies are familiar with the compliance rules and accept this rejection.
5. You will also notice these aspects whenever you give something away.
6. Before you come across a rejection, sometimes a handwritten greeting, sent with personal words, comes better than a gift that disappears in a closet or is not accepted at all.

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